About NTS 

What we do

We are the leading global provider of safe, secure and reliable nuclear transport solutions that make the world safer and more sustainable. 

As part of the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, we support the largest environmental restoration programme in Europe, and we use our specialist transport and logistics expertise to help customers and partners around the world solve their own complex challenges.

Solutions

From consultancy and complex assessments to package design and licensing, our solutions business line supports nuclear transport operations from beginning to end and anywhere in between.

Rail

Our rail business line continues to grow our reputation as a leading UK rail operator.

We operate Direct Rail Services who cover the length and breadth of Britain delivering rail transport and associated services that meet the stringent safety and security demands of the nuclear industry.

Shipping

For decades our unique nuclear shipping capabilities have helped customers around the world solve their own complex nuclear transport challenges.

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Our Employees

It really is our people that makes us unique. 

Nuclear transports are complex and require a diverse range of specialist skills and expertise.

We’ve got it all here in NTS.

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As well as the traincrew, seafarers and engineers who keep our ships and locomotives running, we’re home to world-leading experts in package design and licensing, transport operations, criticality and shielding, complex project management, international nuclear law, stakeholder relations, security and resilience, health and safety, emergency response, contract management and commercial services, and much, much more.

Maintaining and developing this knowledge and experience is essential for securing our unique nuclear transport capabilities for the UK and the rest of the world.

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We employ talented people to work in a range of disciplines. In return for the significant contribution you’ll make to our future, you’ll receive excellent benefits and rewards and a healthy work-life balance. 

Work for us and play a key role in solving some of the most exciting and complex UK and international challenges, helping make the world safer and more sustainable.

You’ll be working with the Subject Matter Experts in the industry but you’ll also have access to the wealth of knowledge and experience across the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s estate.

Culture and Values

Our culture is based on three guiding principles: 

  • Freedom
  • Drive
  • Helpfulness 

These principles flow throughout our organisation – in our structure, processes and behaviours – and underpin the way we work individually and collectively.

Freedom

We have freedom to perform
This means: Decisions can be made by those with the best information safely quickly and accurately

Drive

We are confident, curious and innovative
This means: We are constantly looking for safer, faster, better more cost-effective ways to do things

Helpfulness 

We work together to help each other and our customers
This means: We work as one organisation, fired up by common goals, we always think – what can I do here to be helpful

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Meet the team

Amy Morris
Shipping Business Line Performance Manager

My typical working hours are Monday - Friday 8.00 – 16.00/17.00 unless I’m travelling to and from Barrow Marine Terminal.

You will often find me working from my home office set up/second lounge (following lock down) much to the pleasure of my two dogs - one of whom makes a regular appearance on Teams calls with colleagues.
 
Lately it has been great to get back to Barrow or Hinton House for some long overdue face-to-face meetings. 

I work closely with the Shipping Business Line Management (SBL) Team, Our supporting business partners, the Communications Team, Maritime UK and soon the new Ship Manager AW.

The first thing I usually do when I start work is to check what meetings I need to prep for, catch up on emails and upcoming deadlines and any activity in Teams.

On any one day you might see me:

  • Pulling together dashboards for the Exec using data provided by the SBL Management Team 
  • Attending Diversity and Inclusion Delivery Groups, mental health workshops and Maritime UK Charter roundtable events - sharing best practice with other charter organisations 
  • Supporting the Development Team on SBL strategic objectives and actions as well as workshops looking at continuous improvement of current processes 
  • Understanding the risks relevant to the Directorate. Working with the Management Team and risk professionals to regularly review new and emerging risks   
  • Working with Communications and Learning and Development - both internally and externally.  Supporting our pledge to improve mental health for our seafarers and achieve closer collaboration between PNTL and NTS - including interaction with PNTL Trade Unions and the Ship Manager 
  • Supporting the Project Manager on Yayoi Transport from beginning to end plus asset management systems implementation 

I’m currently involved in supporting a number of initiatives to improve the mental health of our PNTL crew which involves working closely with Learning and Development on diversity and inclusion training availability, workshops with HR and MIND, ensuring we are aligned with NTS wellbeing plans and policy and also Maritime UK Culture of Care. 

I enjoy working in the SBL - they are all genuinely lovely people. I also like the variety of tasks involved in my role. No two day are the same.
 

Brandon Mitchell
Facilities Supervisor (currently temporary Facilities Engineer South)

My typical working hours are 07:30 -16:00 Monday to Friday - but these vary depending on workload and the other railhead/sites we look after. 

You will often find me at our Gresty Bridge depot in Crewe - like the ‘Cheshire Cat’.  
 
We maintain many different areas at Crewe - the modular building, main engineering shed, stores and six roads of track plus the slip. We have recently started using ‘Shire’ a new facilities management system which will help us put all our information into one place. 
 
I have recently taken the role of Facilities Engineer (temporary). This role will take me out and about more completing track and facilities inspections, portable appliance testing (PAT), vegetation control and leading on minor building, infrastructure and maintenance work at sites including Bridgwater, Berkeley, Valley, Rugby, Doncaster, York, Coal Sidings. 

I work closely with the whole Facilities Team - Kev Alcock, Paul Kalienikas, Lee Andrews, Lauren Graham, Andrew Weston, Mark Bell, Mike Liddle and Ewan Macintyre. 
 
I try to work closely with all departments across our sites and believe a healthy relationship can only be a good thing for the company. 

The first thing I usually do when I start work is to have a catch up with Kev (Crewe colleague). I then check my emails and the helpdesk for any reactive work we need to prioritise. Beyond that, thanks to Shire a big chunk of our work for the day will already be scheduled and work orders created – so we can crack on.

On any one day I might work on:  

  • Monthly checks on fire extinguishers, water temperatures, first aid, fire doors, emergency lighting and so on 
  • Vegetation control – strimming and weedkilling
  • PAT testing - using our new tester and software
  • Supervising contractor work – be it servicing, breakdown or preventive maintenance
  • Reactive works 
  • Track work including sleeper change, greasing and oiling of points; timber change; fishplate lubrication; making sure components are tight; lifting and packing and much more 
  • General housekeeping on site
  • Making sure documentation is correct 
  • Plenty of meetings for an array of things including projects, tasks, working groups, health and safety  

I enjoy and get a great sense of satisfaction and pride from finishing track work on our infrastructures/sites - knowing all the effort and teamwork that has gone into completing it.  

Danni Wilson
Operations Manager

I mainly work regular office hours, but I also work shifts when assessing and interacting with traincrew you will often find me at Sellafield Station Depot or Carlisle Kingmoor Depot. I manage traincrew at both these locations. I also carry out assessments on trains and in local yards and depots. I enjoy the variety. I work closely with traincrew. I also work alongside departments such as Production Planning, Human Resources, Engineering, Operations Control and HSEQ.  

The first thing I usually do when I start work is check the control log to see if I need to go to a particular location in response to a request for OTMR train downloads, for example, or general operational requirements.

The biggest part of my role is traincrew management including the management of competence. I am often out on the rail network carrying out operational audits and assessments. I write and review Methods of Work for Operations in Yards or Sidings, and the Risk Assessments that go with them and carry out briefings to promote safety awareness. 

Sometimes you’ll find me driving trains or carrying out train preparation duties. It is important for me to maintain my own competence and Train Drivers Licence for assessment purposes. Keeping my ‘hand in’ also helps me maintain understanding, build relationships with traincrew and assist Commercial operationally with new business contracts. 

There may be weeks when I’m at my desk full time – when I am ‘on call’ out of hours. It is important for me to manage my own fatigue levels in case of a call out. I am sometimes required to carry out investigations for any Incidents that have occurred operationally. They can take 21 days to complete and are very workload heavy – so I often try to work from home when doing so.

I’m currently undertaking a Level 5 Apprenticeship in Excelling in Operational Management. It’s helping me learn and develop management and leadership skills.  

One of my proudest moments was when my mam, who used to work for Direct Rail Services, before retirement, came for a cab ride out on a train I drove from Sellafield to Carlisle. I was extremely happy to show her my achievements and how far I have come.   

Meb Vadiya
Deputy General Counsel

My typical working hours are whatever is required to get the job done!

You will often find me at Hinton House, Regents Court, a depot, or working from our home office – usually with a laptop, two screens, a phone, a cup of tea and some biscuits plus Loki our cat. 

I work closely with pretty much all teams across NTS including Matt and the Procurement Team; Tom, Beverley and Tony and the Commercial Team; the Transformation Team; INS Japan; PNTL plus the Executive/Board and NDA Legal – and, of course, Khalil and the rest of the Legal A-Team.

The first thing I do when I start work is give a big smile and rub my hands together in anticipation of another interesting/fun/challenging/difficult/complex day.

Any one day might involve document drafting, legal advice, negotiations, budgets, work allocation, governance, collaboration, constructive challenge, stakeholder management. 

You might see me:

  • Speed read a 90-page document,
  • Use my best poker face in a contract negotiation, 
  • Win a litigation for NTS, 
  • Juggle (deadlines not balls),  
  • Sort out a last-minute request,
  • Ask some annoying questions, 
  • Debate technical legal matters,
  • Pull out some of my soft-silky hair
  • Laugh out loud.  

I’m currently involved in:

  • Improving the NTS legal function with the rest of the team, 
  • The NDA Group Operating Framework - improving how the Group companies work together, 
  • Locomotive lease renewals, 
  • Shipping transport,
  • Vitrified residue destorage, 
  • Resolving disputes,
  • Rail modernisation
  • Ensuring we operate within the law

I particularly enjoy business partnering with people to achieve an end goal – be it an agreement on a contract or the completion of a transport.   

I also enjoy the short-lived satisfaction of completing a task - before moving onto the next one.